Fixing Scnanner scan.hasNext();, infinite loop Java

[ibo3]

/** I have to use the scanner class (no alternatives), to record a dynamic amount of grades. I use the hasNext() method to get the next value on the same line. For some reason when I am done entering numbers and I press enter the curser waites on the next line and does not exit the program. I want to be able to exit the program once I have entered multable grades and then pressed enter. */


public void enterGrades()
{
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();

System.out.print("Enter grades: ");

while(scan.hasNext())
{
al.add(scan.next() );

System.out.println(al);
}

}

[r035198x]

/** I have to use the scanner class (no alternatives), to record a dynamic amount of grades. I use the hasNext() method to get the next value on the same line. For some reason when I am done entering numbers and I press enter the curser waites on the next line and does not exit the program. I want to be able to exit the program once I have entered multable grades and then pressed enter. */


public void enterGrades()
{
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();

System.out.print("Enter grades: ");

while(scan.hasNext())
{
al.add(scan.next() );

System.out.println(al);
}

}

So you want to enter the grades on one line separated by a space?
Don't use the while loop then. Just get the grades as one String using scanner.nextLine(). You should visit the API docs for the Scanner class to understand the differences between the methods.
Note that if you read them all as one string, you would need to split that string first to be able to enter each individual grade into the arraylist.

[ibo3]

So you want to enter the grades on one line separated by a space?
Don't use the while loop then. Just get the grades as one String using scanner.nextLine(). You should visit the API docs for the Scanner class to understand the differences between the methods.
Note that if you read them all as one string, you would need to split that string first to be able to enter each individual grade into the arraylist.

Then how would I pull out each value from the arraylist?

[r035198x]

Then how would I pull out each value from the arraylist?

See the API docs for the ArrayList class. It has all sorts of methods for putting and getting stuff from an ArrayList.
Have you managed to add the grades individually into the ArrayList(not as one long string)?

[ibo3]

No, I get one long string

[r035198x]

No, I get one long string

You can split that using the String.split method.
Check it's specs in API docs again. It can give you an array containing the individual grades.

[ibo3]

You can split that using the String.split method.
Check it's specs in API docs again. It can give you an array containing the individual grades.

thank you for your help!!!

I will check into the String.split method